Measuring the stiffness of soft culture surfaces & 3D hydrogels using AFM
LCN researchers at King’s College have devised a new method to measure the stiffness of soft culture surfaces & 3D hydrogels using atomic force microscopy (AFM) force spectroscopy carrying out much of the work at the LCN in Bloomsbury. The research...
Professor Sir Michael Pepper Awarded Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Professorships to India
Professor Sir Michael Pepper, Pender Professor in Nanoelectronics, LCN and EEE, is among 5 scientists awarded the Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Professorships to India. The Visiting Professorships are part of a Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Programme for India that...
Enhancing treatment options of triple-negative breast cancer
New research trials the use of image-guided co-drug delivery to target difficult tumour types. Approximately 15-20% of breast cancer cases are described as triple-negative, meaning they do not have receptors for the hormones estrogen or progesterone, and do not...